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The forefather (about Leonid Isaakovich Mandelstam)


Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prosp. 53, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation

An essay and some private reminiscences on the life, work, public activities, and the personality of the prominent scientist who established the Moscow school of theoretical physics in the second quarter of the 20th century.

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DOI: 10.1070/PU2002v045n01ABEH001126
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Citation: Feinberg E L "The forefather (about Leonid Isaakovich Mandelstam)" Phys. Usp. 45 81–100 (2002)
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Оригинал: Фейнберг Е Л «Родоначальник (O Леонидe Исааковичe Мандельштамe)» УФН 172 91–108 (2002); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0172.200201f.0091

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